RTF malware analysis — malicious · 8f02443e60bace0a

MALICIOUS

RTF

1.02 MB

MD5: 4126a02a7c1813d85e7aebae88257220 SHA-1: c84b7d02f15e5edd969f5815433321d2beb3784f SHA-256: 8f02443e60bace0a38ca66a09f628b5a5cb06e7ecc69011ed27b879f4eaa11c9

280 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The RTF file contains multiple indicators of malicious OLE object embedding, specifically related to CVE-2017-8570, which is known to drop SCT scripts. The document body explicitly instructs the user to 'click Enable Editing', a common lure to bypass macro security. The presence of large hex data blocks within OLE objects further suggests a hidden payload. The combination of these factors strongly indicates an attempt to execute a secondary stage.

Heuristics 8

Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) critical CVE related CVE_2017_8570

RTF \objdata decodes to OLE data containing the Composite Moniker — CVE-2017-8570 (drops SCT script) CLSID — the vulnerable control/moniker is embedded directly in the document's object stream, the delivery shape of this exploit. RTF objects auto-render when Word opens the file.
Composite Moniker in RTF OLE object high CVE related RTF_COMPOSITE_MONIKER_RELATED

RTF contains Composite Moniker CLSID in OLE object context, but no nearby scriptlet/SCT payload was confirmed. Treat as related moniker attack-surface evidence rather than proof of CVE-2017-8570 exploitation.
Automatically linked OLE object high RTF_OBJAUTLINK

RTF contains \objautlink — an automatically linked OLE object surface that can be updated or activated when Word opens the document.
\objupdate forces OLE activation high RTF_OBJUPDATE

RTF contains \objupdate — forces automatic OLE object instantiation when the document is opened, bypassing user interaction. Almost exclusively seen in Equation Editor exploit documents.
Large hex data blocks in OLE object high RTF_EXCESSIVE_HEX

RTF contains ~1037KB of hex-encoded data inside \objdata sections — may hide a payload
OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATA

RTF contains 4 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
Embedded OLE object medium RTF_OBJEMB

RTF contains \objemb — embedded OLE object
Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE

Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`objdata_00_off00000966.bin` `76cd9883ba8bdf94da9476519187b0fd8bd76c90611689969b559282f8888e83`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0x966	408276 bytes
`objdata_01_off00007115.bin` `7a584ef30b63b7b980d3abdb62f7dc3f93b4b1c976e29fdade230dfc4ac17fde`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0x7115	408249 bytes
`objdata_02_off000d66bc.bin` `51ef705eef602ac6eb91c2063c8f50d4e54b5e051b60429031d41133bc7df645`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0xD66BC	2632 bytes
`objdata_03_off000d7c5f.bin` `e8d4fe950caed6dcfde26f4b616825bbe11b93458425974b7d075167f675abf7`	rtf-objdata-decoded	RTF \objdata at offset 0xD7C5F	12297 bytes

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